Floor seat



3, 1954 A. M. LEHMAN 2,685,326

FLOORSEAT I Filed Jan. 22, 1952 INVENTOR. ARNoLo M. LEHMAN. BY

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Patented Aug. 3, 195 4 UNITED STATES T NT ()FFICE.

FLOOR SEAT Arnold M. Lehman, New York, N. Y. Application January 22,1952, Serial No. 267,537

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to a floor seat, and more particularly, to a backrest in conjunction with a platform, which is so constructed as to bepartially elevated from the floor or ground surface.

Heretofore, floor seats have been devised which rest directly upon thefloor or ground and which do not provide for the comfort of the userslegs and back.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a novel floor seatconstruction, which is provided with a pair of upright rearwardlyextending wedge shaped leg elements which space the horizontal supportof the seat upwardly of the floor or ground surface and provide for itsrearward and downward inclination.

It is the further object of this invention to pro vide a novel andsimplified floor seat construction which is inexpensive to manufacture,sturdy, and fully effective for its intended purpose.

These and other objects will be seen from the following specificationand claims in conjunction with the appended drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a floor seat.

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary section taken on line 33 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a side elevational view of the chair seat shown in Fig. 1 withthe back rest folded down.

Referring to the drawing the floor seat is shown in Figs. 1 through 4wherein there are provided a pair of upright parallel spacedwedge-shaped legs 62 whose upper surfaces are rearwardly and downwardlytapered as at 63, and whose forward ends are upwardly and forwardlytapered as at 64.

Each of the legs 62 have formed adjacent their upper surfaces 63 a pairof longitudinally spaced dove-tail shaped notches 65 to cooperativelyand retainingly receive the correspondingly shaped ends of thecross-supports 66, which may be further secured within said slots, as byscrews if desired.

A flat rectangular platform or support 6'! is juxtaposed upon the upperedges 63 of legs 62 and upon cross-supports 66, and is secured to saidcross-supports as by the screws 61'.

While a plain support 6! is shown in Fig. 3, it is contemplated that thesupport may be constructed with a suitable plastic or other coveringelement and with a suitable yielding padding thereunder.

The pivotal back rest includes a pair of upright parallel spacedsupports 68 which are interconnected and joined at their lower ends bythe transverse dowel 69, adjustably positioned within the horizontallyextending formed slots 10 in both of the legs 62.

Slots it have forward end portions H against which the dowel 69 restswhen the back rest is in the position shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.However, when the back rest is folded down as in Fig. 4, dowel 69 ispositioned within the vertical slot extension 72 at the rear ends ofslots 10.

Transverse back rest element 73 is arranged at the upper ends ofsupports 68, and may be constructed of a rigid material if desired,however, in the present illustration the back rest element 13 isnon-rigid and is preferably constructed of canvas or the like, and isslipped over the upper free ends of back rest supports 68.

Reinforcing cross-piece 14 also interconnects the upper ends of supports68 and is suitably secured thereto as by screws or the like, saidcrosspiece 14 bearing against the rear edges of supports 68.

Back rest 58-43 is retained in open adjustable position by the chains 16which are respectively anchored to the legs 62 as by the eyes 15.

The upper ends of the chains 16 have hooks 11 which may be removablyinserted within the eyes 18 on supports 68 as shown in Fig. 1.

The back rest may be adjusted rearwardly by disengaging the hook 11 fromthe eye 18 and reinserting the same within the eye 19 also secured uponlower portions of back rest support 68.

When not in use the back rest 68'l3 may be folded compactly to theposition shown in Fig. 4. This also permits shipping of this floor seatas the seat is thus folded compactly into a small space.

Having described my invention, reference should now be had to the claimswhich follow for determining the scope thereof.

I claim:

A floor seat comprising a pair of parallel spaced upright wedge shapedelongated legs with their top surfaces inclined rearwardly anddownwardly, a pair of transverse longitudinally spaced cross-piecessecured at their ends to said legs, a rectangular substantially rigidsupport juxtaposed upon and secured to the top surfaces of said legswith said legs extending rearwardly of said support, a rearwardlyinclined bifurcated back rest with its lower spaced ends pivotallyjoined to said legs, chains anchored at their lower ends to said legs, ahook on each of the upper ends of said chains, and a plurality oflongitudinally spaced eyes upon each side of said back rest adapted toselectively receive said hooks for limiting the rearward adjustment ofsaid back rest, the pivotal connection of said back rest including adowel interconnecting the one ends of said back rest bifurcations, saidlegs having opposed longitudinally extending transverse slots therein attheir rear ends within which said dowel is slidably positioned, saidslots starting at a point rearward of said support and extendingsubstantially to the ends of said legs, the ends of said slots extendingdownwardly at right angles to receive said dowel when said back rest istilted parallel to said support, the downwardly extending portion ofsaid slots forming shoulders in said legs retaining said dowel when saidback rest is collapsed, said dowel being positioned at the front ends ofsaid slots and cooperaole with said legs when said support is tiltedupwardly to open position.

References Cited in the file of this patent Number 5 1,701,684 1,919,8201,963,708 2,005,463 2,109,313 2,222,296 2,450,654

UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Lee Feb. 12, 1929 Ashleman July 25, 1933Marvin June 19, 1934 Harryman June 18, 1935 Green Feb. 22, 1938 LuikenNov. 19, 1940 Gleitsman Oct. 5, 1948 FOREIGN PATENTS Country DateAustralia Nov. 21, 1933 Switzerland Dec. 16, 1935

